I thought I could handle it all — until a jug of milk met my face on a rainy January morning. What followed was a quiet lesson in capacity, support, and designing the year ahead with care.
Inviting a Year of Acceptance
What if we operated in this world within our capacity? What if we didn’t have to navigate the constant experience of lack?
With the new year starting, I felt the pull to design and clarify 2026. But I didn’t feel ready. 2025 went so fast, and I was tired. The holidays did not charge me up. I came into January with a deep need to rest, to stop.
I didn’t feel clear, and the idea of deciding on yearly goals and setting up projects made me want to crawl under the duvet.
Find your moon
Chaos has been my lifelong companion. Growing up undiagnosed neurodivergent, I learned to survive by organising the mess — inside and out. But what happens when sorting is no longer the answer?
In this reflective piece, I explore chaos, creativity, coaching, and what it means to end a year without rushing to fix or define what comes next.
Get Ready to Step Out of the Busy Trap
A New Course for Women Who Want to Step Out of the Busy Trap
Words like overwhelmed, juggling, busy, tired, and stressed are ones I know intimately. And they’re words I hear again and again from the women I work with. Running a business brings freedom and creativity—but it can also bring a level of load and mental noise that is simply too much for one person to hold.
In January 2026, I’m offering a new 4-week hands-on course in Clonakilty for women who want to feel clearer, calmer, more creative and more focused in the year ahead.
Alien
She let her body move with the fast rhythm, responding in small ways to the movements of the people around her. A back arched forward and arms moving like around a fire; quick jumps and fast leg movements; arms moving in curves and circles; she exchanged smiling glances with the dancers, letting her body dissolve and forget its form. She could see lines of light extending from each palm and foot. The lines were connecting between the dancers, coming in and out, moving and twisting, colour shifting and changing. They were all connected, and together they were making a beautiful vision of remembrance. This is what she came here for.
In the Busy Trap? Ask “I’m Doing This, So That What?”
The Silver Bell: A Story About Gifts, Grief, and What We Carry
Getting Things Done, Gently: Making Peace with Resistance
When Your Brain Is the Worst Office Manager in the World
Taming the Busy Mind: How to Get on Top of Your To-Dos, Emails, and Mental Clutter as a Creative Entrepreneur
Last week, during a mentoring session with a new client, I was reminded of a moment from my own early business days — that strange, bittersweet stage when the dream starts to work.
I went from having three clients to fifteen. I was getting calls from people who’d heard about my work. It should have felt amazing — right?
Nope. I was completely overwhelmed.
My kitchen wall became a giant blackboard covered in to-dos and arrows. I forgot to look at it. My head was a swirl of things to remember, people to email, and a low hum of panic that I was already behind.
Then a friend asked me, “Have you heard of Getting Things Done?”
I hadn’t. But learning about David Allen’s GTD approach — or any structured task management system, really — changed my life.
Rethinking Business: What If It Were Designed by Women?
If you had to imagine your organisation in a metaphoric way, what would you pick? An oiled machine, clicking and clocking? or a bee hive, ever changing, ever buzzing? What if the future of work looked more like a living system — one designed by women, for people — where growth isn’t forced, but allowed to unfold in its natural rhythm?